Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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